Early versions of the Bible describe Goliath — an ancient Philistine warrior best known as the loser of a fight with the future King David…
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Pfizer is racing to get approval for its COVID-19 vaccine, applying for emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on November 20. But the…
Minuscule shreds and threads of plastic are turning up all over, including in the snow on Mount Everest. “We’ve known that plastic is in the…
Fritillaria plants should be simple to spot. The usually bright green plants often stand alone amid the jumbled scree that tops the Himalayan and Hengduan…
My companions scanned the treetops with binoculars and a thermal-imaging monocular. I stared at the branches and leaves, pretending I knew what to look for.…
Arecibo’s days are done. After two support cables failed in recent months, the radio observatory’s 305-meter-wide dish is damaged beyond repair, the National Science Foundation…
Supercooled water is two of a kind, a new study shows. Scientists have long suspected that water at subfreezing temperatures comes in two distinct varieties:…
Effects of Earth’s magnetic field — Science News, November 21, 1970 Earth’s magnetic field has frequently reversed at intervals of 1 million to 100 million…
When food and space get scarce, competition can bring out the worst in monarch caterpillars. In the laboratory, researchers watched as roaming caterpillars looking for…
On two islands in the Indian Ocean, the toads just aren’t what they used to be. Less than a century after their introduction by humans,…